Late Fall, 1957 (Contance Parson noted to Mr. Kramer: "The summer season is going
to start in a few weeks...")

DURATION:

2 days.

SUMMARY:

Mr. Kramer,
a wealthy resident of a beach community, calls on Charlie Chan to learn who is trying to kill him.Soon, Chan and Kramer discover that Kramer's wife, Marsha, is missing and a ransom note that is left behind.Constance Parsons, Kramer's personal secretary, is interviewed, expressing her passionate
hatred of Marsha.Andre Patton, an artist who painted a commissioned portrait
of Mrs. Kramer tells Chan that Marsha used to be his model and that it was he who had introduced her to Mr. Kramer.

Later, Kramer
finds a package addressed to him in Marsha's handwriting, containing a tape of her pleading for her husband to pay the $50,000
ransom demanded by her abductors.Police analysis of the tape proves it was recorded
at Mr. Kramer's home on his own machine, indicating an inside job.Staking out
the location of the money drop, Chan and Lt. Hess follow the shadowy figure who takes the money and who turns out to be Andre
Patton.At the artist's studio, Marsha’s lifeless body is discovered with
Andre protesting his innocence while admitting to working with her to defraud Mr. Kramer.Soon, an autopsy report indicates that Marsha had been dead for at least eight hours before her body was found.Chan reasons that Patton would not have killed her only to leave her body in his studio
and not making an escape.

CONCLUSION

Later, Chan
returns to speak with Miss Parsons, telling her of his belief that Andre Patton is innocent and that someone else was responsible
for Marsha's demise.Soon, speaking with Mr. Kramer, Chan details his thoughts
on the case, suggesting that Kramer may know the identity of the one who actually killed his wife.Back at the beach house, Kramer finds Constance cleaning the residence, noting that she is preparing it for the approaching summer
season.Pressed, she admits her guilt, stating that she would do anything for
Mr. Kramer, who then pulls a gun to kill her.Chan rushes in and stops him, and
taking Constance to the police.As they leave,
Constance tells Kramer, "I killed her to make you happy."

OF NOTE:

Mr. Kramer (to Charlie Chan): "When I saw a news story that you were in town
working on some cases, I called you."

CHARLIE CHAN'S APHORISMS:

It is indeed a rare artist
who can capture a woman's soul in a painting.

Even the frightened fawn is aware of the hunter that seeks its life.

I have a profound respect for female intuition.

An artist's relationship with a married woman should be confined to paints and canvas.

Strange, is it not, how wishes can sometimes turn into reality.

There are very few motives for murder; one of the most profound is hate, and the most powerful
hate grows out of the loss of a most powerful love.

When a heart is full of tears, there is no room for understanding.

Episode 2: The Secret of the Sea

Copyright 1957 by Vision Productions, Ltd. An Incorporated Television
Corporation (ITC) Production

Charlie Chan (to Captain Carnavan): "...as far as I know, I have no further assignment
in Honolulu."

SUMMARY:

The
ship's steward from the Honolulu Star is gunned down as he is about to reveal information
to an insurance company about something that was to occur aboard his ship.Charlie
Chan is called by a well-to-do Chinese merchant, Mr. Kim, to learn who killed the young man who turns out to be Kim's son.To conduct his investigation, Chan signs aboard the freighter, bound for Honolulu,
as the Honolulu Star's only passenger.At
dinner with Captain Carnovan and Mr. Flynn, Chan notes the tension aboard ship as Carnavan scolds the new steward.Doris Carnavan, thirty years her husband's junior, joins the group, with Flynn quickly leaving claiming
he has business to attend to.Suddenly, the ship's engines come to a stop due
to a mysterious malfunction 200 miles off the California
coast.In the engine room, Captain Carnavan and Chan discover that the ship has
been sabotaged.Back on deck, the crew has found Mr. Flynn dead of an apparent
accident, though Chan suggests otherwise, noting the death of the ship's steward earlier.Meanwhile, another ship has responded to a radio call for assistance to tow the stricken Honolulu Star back to San Pedro.Captain Carnavan mentions that the
name of the captain of the rescue ship is Arturo Ramirez.

Back in
Los Angeles, Chan visits Mr. Kim who tells the detective that
he will make inquiries to see if he has any connections to any of the crew of the Honolulu
Star.Interviewed by the police, Ed Barker, the radio operator of the Honolulu Star, tells how he had radioed a general distress message to all ships in
the area while receiving a response from Arturo Ramirez' ship offering assistance to the disabled ship.To tow the ship to port, Ramirez charged $150,000 fee which the insurance company claims to be exorbitant.

Through
Mr. Kim, Chan soon finds that Doris Carnavan had past connections with Arturo Ramirez.Doris announces that her husband has gone to kill Ramirez at the latter’s apartment.Just in time, Chan reaches the scene to stop Carnavan from carrying out his threat.Chan explains that Ramirez certainly had a confederate aboard the Honolulu Star to
help with the fraud scheme, and that Mrs. Carnavan was innocent of any collusion.

CONCLUSION

Alone in Ramirez' apartment, Chan notes to Ramirez that there was probably no actual
distress signal sent out from the Honolulu Star.He also notes that Ramirez' ship was probably the only one contacted to tow the other ship back to port, thus allowing
them to claim the large towing fee in the process.Pulling a gun on Chan, Ramirez
admits that Ed Barker, the radio operator of the Honolulu Star killed both the ship's steward and Mr. Flynn.Fast work by Chan to disarm Ramirez and the timely arrival of Lt. Kovacs results in the arrest of Ramirez.

CHARLIE CHAN'S APHORISMS:

When a man reaches the
age of serenity, comfort comes from within.

A beautiful woman is like a delicate flower that adds color to the most drab occasion.

Detection, and the making of good coffee, sometime require the same ingredient: the proper
amount of heat to bring about the desired result.

Love is like a blacksmith's hammer - it can shape the white-hot steel of emotion for both
good and evil.

Episode 3: The Lost Face

Copyright 1957 by Vision Productions, Ltd. An Incorporated Television
Corporation (ITC) Production

Working
as a special investigator for the Grand Jury, Charlie Chan seeks information from Lt. Stutz of the Valley Division of the
LAPD on Daniel Randolph, a notorious criminal lawyer who has purported mob connections.Newspaper reporter Zac West, who is on a crusade of his own against Randolph, is called to Stutz' office to help out.While there, a telephone call informs Stutz that West's wife has been attacked by an assailant at their
home, blinded by acid thrown in her face.Chan and West go to a nearby cafe run
by Willie Brower who, hearing the bad news, tries to comfort Zac.Soon, Lt. Stutz
arrives, informingChan and West that the attacker, identified as Jack Hart,
has been picked-up.At police headquarters, attorney Randolph arrives to represent
Hart.Chan notes to Hart that three of Randolph's previous clients, Antonelli,
Jarvis, and Bennett, were killed mysteriously soon after having been freed by Randolph.Later, Chan suggests to Stutz that someone inside the police department may be informing
Randolph whenever one of his clients has been arrested.

Paying a
visit to Randolph’s home, Chan discovers that the lawyer
has been shot to death.Zac West, the prime suspect, is taken into custody by
Lt. Stutz at Willie Brower’s cafe.Following West's arrest, Willie hands
Chan an envelope containing a large sum of money to pay Chan to prove West's innocence.Chan aggress, but states that he will do so only if Willie can accept his findings "even if the guilty one is someone
you don’t want found out."Back at Stutz' office, the Lieutenant admits
that he, too, had once tried to kill Randolph who had, he felt, been responsible for his younger brother’s death year
earlier.His attempt had failed due to a defective bullet that had misfired.At this, Chan notes that Stutz could be under suspicion as much as West, so Stutz
has Zac released.

CONCLUSION

That night,
Chan drops into Willie Broward's café for a cup of coffee.Soon, Jack Hart also
arrives for a meeting arranged by Chan.Chan, suggesting it was Hart who killed
Randolph, also notes that there was another "hatchet man" working for Randolph who had been called on to kill Antonelli, Jarvis, and Bennett.Revealing that it was Willie Jarvis who killed the three men and kept Randolph
informed as to which clients had been arrested by the police, Chan moves quickly to disarm Hart and overcome Brower.As the police take the two men away, Chan tells Willie that the money he had received
from him will be used to help attempt restore Mrs. West's vision.

CHARLIE CHAN'S APHORISMS:

When a shepherd discovers
three of his flock slaughtered, he usually looks for the wolf.

Not even the sound of a thousand children's voices can replace the sight of one smudge of
dirt on a little rosy cheek.

Patience is a man's best friend.

Even the strongest tree needs support in a violent storm.

A boulder of suspicion cannot stop an avalanche of justice.

When a tree is weighted down with the snows of adversity, who is there to say when the limb
would break?

Ten years to an innocent man is like ten lifetimes.

The judge never wields the executioner's ax.

Episode 4: Blind Man's Bluff

Copyright 1957 by Vision Productions, Ltd. An Incorporated Television
Corporation (ITC) Production

Manny Ross,
diamond smuggler, sends Tomar, his accomplice, to Los AngelesInternationalAirport to steal a dog belonging to a blind man arriving from Mexico.On the same plane are Charlie
Chan and his Number One Son, Barry.Outside the terminal, his master shot dead,
the dog runs off and is hit by an oncoming car.Witnessing the accident, Chan
asks for help to take the injured dog to a nearby veterinary hospital.At the
hospital, Chan meets Juanito, a young boy whose dog was also treated there.The
doctor tells Chan that the dog he brought in is not a guide dog as there was no foundation tag on the collar.Working with Lt. Norman of the LAPD, Chan notes that the dead man has certainly not been blind which is
later proven correct.

Late
that night, Tomar breaks into the veterinary hospital in an attempt to steal the dog.Bitten in the process, the arrival of Barry Chan, who is conducting his own investigation, stops Tomar short of his
goal.Pistol whipping Barry, Tomar makes his escape.

CONCLUSION

At the hospital
the next morning, Chan is informed that the dog's collar is missing.Calling
Shiela, the nurse, he finds that the collar was given to Juanito.Suddenly, Tomar
and Ross barge in, demanding the dog's collar.Chan buys time by claiming that
the dog that bit Tomar was rabid and that he should receive medical attention as soon as possible.Juanito's arrival at the hospital nearly alerts the smugglers to his possession of the collar, but it is
upon the arrival of a talkative Barry that Tomar and Ross find out the truth about the collar and the falsity of Chan's rabies
story.Angered at these revelations, Tomar, about to shoot Chan, is attacked
by Juanito's dog, Senor Gordo.Overcome by Chan and the doctor, Ross and Tomar
are taken away by arriving police, led by Lt. Norman.Cutting open the dog collar,
Chan reveals the $50,000 worth of smuggled diamonds.

CHARLIE CHAN'S APHORISMS:

Sometimes pity, like precious
pearl, disolves in wine of truth.

I have often observed that
a simple rock sometimes conceals a valuable vein of gold.

You don't buy a book because
of its cover.

A smuggler with a police record is like a banker without money.

Small boy too young to realize age gap never narrows.

Episode 5: The Great Salvos

Copyright 1957 by Vision Productions, Ltd. An Incorporated Television
Corporation (ITC) Production

Distributed by: Television Programs of America, Inc.

Sound facilities: Ryder Sound Services, Inc.

Running Time: 26 minutes

"Filmed in Hollywood" First aired: October
12, 1957 (UK)

Executive Producer: Leon Fromkess

Producer: Rudolph C. Flothow

Associate Producer: Director: Jack Gage Assistant Director:

Teleplay: Barry Shipman

Story:

Director of Photography:

Film Coordinator:

Film Editor:

Sound:

Script Supervisor:

Art Director:

Set Decorator:

Makeup:

Wardrobe:

CAST:

J. Carrol Naish: Charlie Chan

James Hong: Barry Chan Maria Palmer: Reeno Salvo [Salvonic]

Hans Conried: Carlo Salvo [Salvonic]

Grandon Rhodes: Douglas Fenton

Gertrude Michael: Joyce Fenton

Ralph Moody: Dr. Kruger

Damian O'Flynn: Lt. Delaney

William Tregoe: Dick Rand

Pat Colby: Agent

LOCATION:

Washington, District of Columbia (Title reads: "Washington D.C.")

DURATION:

2 days.

SUMMARY:

Douglas
Fenton is attacked in his home and plans for a secret jet engine – Project 5 – are stolen.At Lt. Delaney's office, Fenton is questioned and cautioned about frequenting Dick Rand's club which is
a known center for espionage in Washington.It turns out
that Fenton is throwing a going away party for Charlie Chan, an old friend of Delany's.That night, at Rand's club, Fenton and his wife his wife, Joyce, are entertaining Chan and Number One Son, Barry, who
are scheduled to fly to Madrid later that night.The act that they are there to see is a European brother and sister mentalist act known as the Great Salvos.Tested by Barry, Reena Salvo, working with her brother, Carlo, reveals intimate
knowledge of Chan, including the mental reading of an inscription on the back of his pocket watch.Later, Dr. Kruger, who found Fenton unconscious the night before, arrives to join the party.A suspicious Barry Chan feigns a headache, requesting – and palming – one of the fills that
the doctor had given to Mrs. Fenton.Chan receives a phone call from Lt. Delaney,
which is listened to by Rand on another line.Delaney
requests that Chan delay his departure and meet with him the next morning.

Returning
to his hotel room, Chan is attacked.Barry arrives in time to chase away the
attacker.Later that night, Reena Salvo calls Chan and requests a meeting at
a nearby park.Reena states that her brother is in great danger.Suddenly, a masked man robs Reena at gunpoint, searching Chan, but takes nothing.During the robbery, Chan notices a familiar ring worn by the thief.Chan tells Reena that he knows that the thief was Carlo.Questioning her,
Chan finds that Carlo and Reena are from Hungary
and that their parents are still there.The Salvos are being blackmailed in order
to assure the safety of their parents.Chan surmises that during the performance
that night, Carlo had placed microfilm into his pocket watch which would have been retrieved later by a contact in Madrid.The next morning
at Dealany’s office, Chan hatches a plan to unmask the mastermind of the espionage plot.

CONCLUSION

At Dick
Rand’s club trhat evening, the Fentons and Dr. Kruger are all perplexed as to who it was that had arranged their meeting
at the club.An arriving Barry announces that it was his father's idea as he
wished to reciprocate for the kindness shown him the previous evening.Barry
finds that he has accidentally brought along his father's watch, which he lays on the table.Suddenly, as Chan observes from backstage, the lights fade to black.In
a few moments the lights are turned on again. Chan then joins the group, as Barry
notes that the watch is now missing.The Salvos now begin their performance,
and Chan hands a note to Carlo who is asked to be mentally read by Reena.As
she recites the contents, is revealed that the Salvos parents are safe and sound in Austria.Chan then requests that Reena
reveal the location of the missing watch, which turns out to be inside of Mrs. Fenton's handbag.Chan then discloses that it is she who is the head of the espionage ring.

CHARLIE CHAN'S APHORISMS:

The
inscription from Charlie Chan's pocket watch as mentally read by Reena Salvo: "The patient man accomplishes much.
For the impatient man, there is never time enough."

As obvious as bull trying to remove teacup from china shop.

When the door to one's mind is left unlocked, strangers bearing rich gifts are often visitors.

Episode 6: The Counterfeiters

Copyright Television Productions of America, Inc. 1957

Distributed by: Television Programs of America, Inc.

RCA Sound Recording

Running Time: 26 minutes

"Made on Location in England"

Based upon characters as created by Earl Der [sic] Biggers

First aired: 1957 or 1958 (UK)

Executive Producer: Leon Fromkess

Producer: Rudolph Flothow

Associate Producer: Herman Blaser

Director: Leslie Arliss

Production Manager: Aida Young Assistant Director: David Tomblin

Teleplay: Richard Grey

Director of Photography: Kenneth Talbot

Film Editor: Derek Hyde Chambers

Story Editor: Jerry Sackheim

Art Director: Harry White

Makeup: Colin Garde

Sound Supervisor: Fred Turtle

CAST:

J. Carrol Naish: Charlie Chan

James Hong: Barry Chan John Bailey: Professor Wellman

Francis Matthews: Derek Robinson

William Franklyn: Jack Pearson

Leona Sharp: Doorman

Maurice Durant: Inspector Rawlins

Betty McDowell: Janet Rushton

LOCATIONS:

London, England and Paris, France (Title reads: "Paris")

DURATION:

3 days.

SUMMARY:

Eduard Brossolette,
a representative from the Bank of France, stops by the London office of Gaylord and Carnot Engravers to pick up
the plates for new 5,000 franc notes.Sir John Rutheford, representing the engraving
company, tells him that a messenger with proper papers had already picked them up that morning.Brossolette states that these missing plates will soon be used by the thieves to produce a flood of counterfeit
money.

Arriving
in London from New York at
the request of Inspector Duff, Charlie Chan and son Barry meet with Sir John.Chan
agrees to work alone on the case to find the identity of those who stole the plates.Amid extreme secrecy, so as not to set off a panic, Chan and Barry fly to Paris.Upon their arrival, Inspector Chauvet of the Paris Police informs Chan about Spanish
Roy, Roy Bernard, a notorious forger who had produced the false documents that were used by those who stole the engraved plates
in London.When
asked how Chan had come across the forged documents, Chan, honoring his promice of secrecy, refuses to answer.Chauvet warns Chan not to interfere in the business of the French government.As Chan and Barry leave, Chauvet gives orders to have them tailed.Back at his hotel room, Chan, while checking in with Inspector Duff, finds that his phone has been tapped.

That evening, Barry, working alone, stops by a cafe that turns out to be run by Spanish Roy.Having picked Barry's pocket and realizing his true identity, Spanish Roy sends him
on his way, suggesting that he stick to tourist spots.Back at their hotel, Barry
is surprised by the arrival of Spanish Roy who is suddenly shot by an unseen assailant through the window.Saved by a pocket chess game, Spanish Roy, after a brief discussion, leaves and is immediately arrested
by Inspector Chauvet who hands Chan deportation papers, instructing him to leave the country within 24 hours.The next morning, Brossolette informs Chan that the deportation has been lifted and that the French Government
has issued him a letter of general authority to proceed with his investigation.Chan
tells Barry, "Phone call to Minister of Finance most effective."

Visiting
Spanish Roy, whom he has had freed, Chan discusses the French Underground for which Spanish Roy had worked during the war.Chan finds that a part of the Underground, has been reactivated for criminal purposes.Spanish Roy states that he made the false documents for this group at the request
of the French Secret Service.Chan finds that the section Marquis commander from
whom Spanish Roy received orders was a man code-named Michel, whose true identity he could not reveal.The next morning, Spanish Roy hurriedly writes out Michel’s true identity and contact information,
giving it to Barry who is entrusted to give it to his father.Sir John, arriving
at the hotel room, convinces Barry to give him the note, and sends him to Inspector Chauvet with another note.At Chauvet’s office, after reading Sir John"s note, arrests Barry.

CONCLUSION

Meanwhile,
Chan has uncovered the location of Michel.Arriving, Chan finds that he is none
other than Sir John.Sir John tells Chan that he cannot escape as the building
is surrounded by Circuit members.At police headquarters, Spanish Roy informs
Inspector Chauvet that they have been duped by Sir John who is in reality a traitor.Soon, Spanish Roy arrives where Sir John holds Chan.Freeing Chan, Sir
John flees, only to be gunned down by Circuit members waiting for him outside of the building.

CHARLIE CHAN'S APHORISMS:

Detectives, like busmen,
must also have holiday.

Silence often speaks louder than words.

Eyesight of blind officials sometimes restored by appeal through pocketbook.

Late February, 1957 (Based on the performance dates seen on the poster outside
of the theater where Janet Rushton performed.)

SUMMARY:

At
StratfordUniversity, Derek Robinson, a friend of Barry Chan, has just completed
a piano composition.At his recital, Dr. Wellman, Derek's music professor, orders
him to stop, calling his music "undisciplined drivel."The result is a heated
argument between the two with Derek leaving and suggesting that there is nothing in the future for people such as Wellman
– only death.Charlie Chan pays a visit to his son, Barry, who is currently
taking classes to help out with his scientific approach to criminology.Derek
stops by, telling how he has been expelled for subordination.At a local theater,
Wellman asks the musical director, Jack Pearson, if he can see Janet Rushton, his estranged wife and the star performer of
the latest show.Wellman has come to ask Janet to come back to him, but she refuses.Wellman feels that she is now romantically involved with Pearson, though she denies
it saying that their relationship is purely professional.

At
a performance that evening, Chan and Barry are in attendance as are Dr. Wellman and Derek.During the intermission, Chan and Barry run into Derek with Barry encouraging Derek to take the opportunity to offer
an apology to Wellman.Seeking to do so, the situation grows ugly with Wellman
threatening to call the police.As Derek storms out, Chan muses, "Hot heads never
cool, just get more hot."Wellman meets with Janet backstage, handing her an
envelope containing his resignation from the university, should she decide to post it.As the performance resumes, the theater doorman witnesses Derek fleeing after being seen crouching next to Wellman’s
lifeless body in the alley.

The next
day, newspapers all point to Derek as the killer of Dr. Wellman.Chan agrees
to help prove the innocence of Barry's friend, to this end meeting with Inspector Rawlins, Janet, and Pearson to collect details
about the crime.Rawlins relates that the murder weapon was a circular instrument
that was about the size of a pencil.While searching the theater for clues, Barry
tells his father that he has found the murder weapon – a hatpin from a Japanese costume belonging to Janet.Banging on a set of bongos, Chan, seemingly indifferent, informs Barry, "No problem, case already solved."

CONCLUSION

At that
night's performance, during the bongo solo, Chan finds Pearson backstage, suggesting that he is the guilty party, having killed
Wellman out of jealousy, committing the murder during the bongo solo which offered ample time during which to carry out the
deed.He was afraid that he was about to lose Janet as well as his position had
she left the theater for Don Wellman.Chan quickly pulls the murder weapon –
a hatpin - from Pearson’s coat.A struggle ensues with Barry coming to
his father's aid, overcoming Pearson.

OF NOTE:

Barry Chan notes to his father: "Next week is your birthday." This would
place Charlie Chan's birthday at either the end of the month of February or at the very beginning of March.

CHARLIE CHAN'S APHORISMS:

Do not underestimate old-fashioned
use of brains.

There is most ancient remedy
for dealing with hot-tempered people: apologize.

Fading flower no longer attracts bee.

Very few people have natural appetite for eating crow.

Hot heads never cool, just get more hot.

Hungry man never gets handout from minding other people's business.

Mouse pokes head in mouse trap - clook! - no head.

In murder cases, I find it very unwise to throw all eggs at one suspect.

Independent eagerness for research always commendable.

Episode 8: Charlie's Highland Fling

Copyright Television Productions of America, Inc. 1957

Distributed by: Television Programs of America, Inc.

RCA Sound Recording

Running Time: 26 minutes

"Made on Location in England"

Based upon characters as created by Earl Der [sic] Biggers

First aired: December 1, 1961 (UK)

Executive Producer: Leon Fromkess

Producer: Rudolph Flothow

Associate Producer: Herman Blaser

Director: Leslie Arliss

Production Manager: Aida Young Assistant Director: David Tomblin

Teleplay: Fred Schiller

Original Story: Brock Williams

Director of Photography: Kenneth Talbot

Film Editor: Derek Hyde Chambers

Story Editor: Jerry Sackheim

Art Director: Harry White

Makeup: Colin Garde

Sound Supervisor: Fred Turtle

CAST:

J. Carrol Naish: Charlie Chan

James Hong: Barry Chan Percy Marmont: Sir Malcolm Gregg

Conrad Phillips; Donald Gregg

Ian Flemming

Ballard Berkeley: Runnals

Jack Lambert: Duncan

Sheila Cowan: Betsy

Hugh Moxey: Inspector Forsyth

LOCATION:

Glentarn County, Scotland

POSSIBLE DATE:

Late 1957. Charlie Chan tells son Barry, For Chinese New Year will buy
you bagpipes, indicating the approach of the New Year, which would have been February 3, 1958. Chinese New Year for
that present year would have been January 30, too early to be realistically considered. Of course, Chan's statement
could have been made at any time of the year and still hold its meaning.

DURATION:

1 day.

SUMMARY:

Charlie
Chan and Number One Son, Barry, are visiting Gregg castle in Scotland.Mr. Wingate, the Gregg family lawyer who is in charge of the family's business affairs,fills Chan in on Sir Malcolm Gregg's marital problems, having nothing but very negative things to state
about Lady Gregg, who is scheduled to arrive at the castle that day.Wingate
adds that Sir Malcolm's son, Donald, who will also be coming that day, is despised by Lady Gregg.Meanwhile, Donald meets with his fiancé, Betsy, whom he tells in no uncertain terms that, try as she might,
his step-mother will never cause the couple to separate. Back at the castle, Inspector Forsyth informs Sir Malcolm, Chan,
and Wingate that Lady Gregg has been found murdered, having been shot on a country road.

Arriving
at the family castle, Donald is informed of his step-mother's murder.Runnals,
the butler, brings in a rifle he has found in Donald's car, a find that is noted by all present.However, Chan tells Barry that the real killer would certainly have disposed of the murder weapon.Wingate admits to Chan that there are factors in both his and Sir Malcolm's lives
that could be considered viable motives in the murder of lady gregg.On top of
this, Lady Gregg had recently had Betsy's father, Donald, jailed for poaching on the Gregg's property.Runnals then informs Chan and Donald that Duncan
escaped from prison that very morning.

Barry
presents Chan with his theory that it is Wingate who is the guilty party.As
he has found that Wingate has in his possession an detailed map of GlentarnCounty as well as travel brochures of Honduras,
Barry surmises that Wingate killed Lady Gregg and now plans to escape to a location thousands of miles away.However, Chan notes, "We are also on vacation, and our home in Honolulu
is many thousands of miles away."

While Chan,
Barry, and Donald are out in the countryside verifying Donald’s story that he had fired his rifle at a tree to test
it, Duncan, Sir Malcolm’s cousin, arrives inside the castle through a hidden passageway.Wingate and Sir Malcolm, believing Duncan is innocent of the murder, suggest that he
slip away to Ireland for a while in order
to avoid bringing trouble to Donald and his daughter, Betsy.Chan, arriving just
after Duncan's departure, finds that Duncan
has made his escape through the castle's hidden passageway.Meanwhile, searching
Runnal's quarters, Barry finds incriminating evidence connecting him with Lady Gregg, as well as a rifle which could be the
murder weapon.Runnals admits that he is Lady Gregg's brother, having played
the part of a butler in order to escape punishment for crimes that he had committed in the past.Runnels tries to make his escape, but Chan stops him.

CONCLUSION

Runnals
explains that as a wanted criminal, he was innocent of the killing of his sister, Lady Gregg.As Wingate further accuses Runnals of being the killer, Chan says, to the contrary, that it is actually Wingate, himself,
who murdered Lady Gregg who had discovered that the lawyer had been stealing from the Gregg family for years.As Wingate is taken away, Barry exclaims, "Didn’t I tell you he did it, Pop?" "Yes, my son," Chan answers. "You had the right suspect – but for the wrong reasons.However, very good try!"

OF NOTE:

Charlie Chan (to Barry): "For Chinese New Year will buy you bagpipes."

Barry Chan
is in a London
hospital recovering from an injury.Visiting his son at the hospital, Charlie
Chan confers with chief surgeon George Morley concerning Michael Winstead, another doctor at the hospital.Morley has received a troubling letter stating that Winstead is, in reality, Paul Ligget who was convicted
years ago in Ottawa, Canada
for committing a mercy killing.To spare Winstead a public investigation, Morley
has enlisted the aid of Chan to perform a private investigation in the matter.Barry
reminds his father that Winstead, Chan's friend, had saved his life to years ago by removing a bullet from the detective's
body.Agreeing to take the case and taking the letter with them to test it for
fingerprints, Chan and Barry run into Nurse Elizabeth Vernon who had apparently been listening outside of Morley's office
door.It later becomes apparent that Elizabeth and Winstead have a romantic connection.

At their
hotel that night, Chan and Barry is attacked by a burglar who then steals the incriminating letter about Winstead.At the hospital the next morning, Barry is once again a patient, recovering from the attack that night.Discussing who it was that may have stolen the letter and why, Chan makes an overseas
telephone call to the Ottawa Police in Canada.Obtaining the information he seeks, Chan has Barry fly to Canada on a special errand.Returning
the next day with a woman named Anne Gerald, who was the euthanasia victim's private nurse and was familiar with Dr. Ligget.Chan and Barry take her to the hospital to prove one way or the other whether Winstead
is or is not Ligget.Miss Gerald states that she has never seen Winstead before.Apparently cleared, Winstead admits that he actually is Ligget, offering his resignation.

Back at
his hotel room, Chan asks Anne why she had tried to spare Winstead.Chan notes
that Miss Gerald obviously feels that Winstead was innocent of the crime.Later,
at the hospital, Anne, discussing with Winstead how it was actually she who had committed the mercy killing, agrees to issue
a confession so as to clear Winstead.Winstead leaves his office to get Chan
who will witness the confession.Returning with the detective, Miss Vernon is
found lying on the floor clinging to life, having been stabbed with a scalpel.After
placing a call to Inspector Duff about the attack on Miss Vernon, Barry returns to inform his father that Sir Edward Pomeroy,
the hospital administrator who has been ailing, has collapsed in Morley’s office and will require immediate surgery
which will be performed by Morley.Speaking with Sir Edward, Chan informs him
that it was probably Morely who attacked Anne, surmising that he feared he would lose his position as head surgeon at the
hospital should Winstead be cleared of the past crime.It was he, Chan continues,
who had sent himself the incriminating letter.He also suggests that Morley had
probably made Sir Edward ill somehow in order to operate on him and kill him in the process, again, to preserve his position
at the hospital. Sir Edward cannot believe Chan's accusation.Barry arrives
to inform his father that Miss Gerald has just died and that she was not able to state who it was who had attacked her.

CONCLUSION

While Sir
Edward is being wheeled to surgery, he expresses his faith in Morley, stating that he will have his job forever.Suddenly, Sir Edward becomes aware that his surgeon is actually Winstead, sending him into a fit of terror.Chan tells Sir Edward why he is so afraid of Winstead.It was actually Sir Edward who had sent the incriminating letter to Morley.It
was also Sir Edward who had killed Miss Gerald, hoping to throw suspicion on Winstead. In
terror of the prospect of dying at the hands of Winstead, Sir Edward admits his crimes, stating that he did it all for Elizabeth
whom he loved, wanting Winstead out of her life.Chan notes that it will be Winstead
who will save Sir Edward for the hangman.

The Majaraja and
Majarana of Rajput have come to Charlie Chan to help them recover the famous Rajput Ruby necklace which was stolen during
a visit to the Tower of London.The Majarana ia an American who is a native New Yorker.She
tells Barry Chan that her father owns a percentage of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team.The Majaraja is offering a $25,000 reward for the recovery of the ruby, but, refusing the reward, Chan agrees to take
the case because it is of interest to him.The Majaraja adds that Scotland Yard
has recommended the services of Chan to protect their belongings when the couple visit Paris
later that week.It seems that their previous private detective, Joe Rotella,
was fired by the Majaraja as they had been the victims of theft on three occasions over the past year.

Visiting the Tower of London, Chan
and Barry learn from a Scotland Yard inspector that a thorough search of everyone who was in the Tower when the ruby disappeared
proved fruitless.Also, nothing was found after a search of the Tower itself.The question remains as to how the Rajput Ruby was taken out of the Tower.To that, Chan states that to find the answer, “must ask thief who stole same.”

Returning to their
hotel, Chan and Barry run into an American who, Barry later tells his father, is Lefty Ryan, a baseball player who was once
very popular in Brooklyn, but whose bad temper eventually led to the end of his career.Upon entering their room, Chan and Barry find Joe Rotello.Rotello blames the Majaraja for the recent thefts of his valuables.He adds that before marrying the Majaraja, Ida Kelly was just “a pretty kid in Brooklyn.”However, the Majaraja’s wealth has now gone to her head.When asked about the Majarana’s father, Rotella notes that he might sell hotdogs for the Dodgers,
but that would be his only connection to the team.Rotella tells Chan that he
will be leaving London for home, but it is soon obvious that
he had other plans.Chan feels that Rotella may be staying in London in order to recover his lost reputation by finding the stolen ruby.However, Barry feels that Rotella may have a romantic connection with Ida.

Using
a hotel pass key given to him by Rotella, Barry searches the private detective’s room at the hotel, finding torn-up
photographs showing that Ida and Lefty Ryan were obviously romantically involved.Later,
Evans comes to Rotella’s room, threatening him if he does not give him a half cut of the Rajput Ruby, although Rotella
claims to know nothing of the ruby.Soon, Chan and Barry enter Rotella’s
room, finding the detective unconscious on the floor.Claiming he was drunk and
had fallen down, knocking himself out.As a doubtful father and son leave, Rotella
retrieves the Rajput Ruby from where he had hidden it.Later, the Majaraja explains
to Chan that his wife was once engaged to Lefty Ryan.It seems that Ryan has
been following the couple on their journeys.

CONCLUSION

Meeting with the
Majarana, Chan tells her that it was actually she who had stolen the ruby, knowing that she would not be searched.Chan adds that the ruby was stolen in order to pay off a blackmailer – Rotella – who was being
paid off to keep silent about her continuing affair with Lefty Ryan.Meanwhile,
Rotella has taken the ruby to Jan Dikker, an unscrupulous diamond cutter.Barry,
who was following Rotella, is captures at Dikker’s shop by Ryan who reveals that he and Rotella are now ‘partners.”Responding to a pre-arranged telephone call from Barry’s taxicab driver, Chan
arrives at Dikker’s shop.Breaking in on and surprising Ryan and Rotella
who are holding Barry, father and son overcome the pair and hold them for the authorities.

CHARLIE CHAN'S APHORISMS:

First sign of age when
man cannot tie shoe from standing position.

Secret romance like dead ant in pepper pot - very often difficult to detect.

Sometimes being half right makes for being half wrong.

On many occasions ethics prevent private detective from divulging secret.

Secret, when told to another, is no longer secret.

Old romance, like cat, sometimes has nine lives.

Episode 11: The Final Curtain

Copyright Television Productions of America, Inc. 1957

Distributed by: Television Programs of America, Inc.

RCA Sound Recording

Running Time: 26 minutes

"Made on Location in England"

Based upon characters as created by Earl Der [sic] Biggers

First aired: October 5, 1957 (UK)

Executive Producer: Leon Fromkess

Producer: Rudolph Flothow

Associate Producer: Herman Blaser

Director: Alvin Rakoff

Assistant Director: David Tomblin

Production Manager: Aida Young Teleplay: Gene
Wang

Director of Photography: Kenneth Talbot

Film Editor: Ann Chegwidden

Story Editor: Jerry Sackheim

Art Director: Harry White

Makeup: Colin Garde

Sound Supervisor: Fred Turtle

CAST:

J. Carrol Naish: Charlie Chan

James Hong: Barry ChanJohn Longden: Philip Royce

Patricia Marmont: Claire Harris

Mary Steele: Barbara Royce

Rupert Davies: Inspector Duff

David Oxley: Johnny Douglas

Lynn Cole: Maid (not credited)

Mike Malone: Harry (not credited)

LOCATION:

London, England (Title reads: "Archway Hotel - London")

DURATION:

3 days.

SUMMARY:

Charlie Chan is visited at his hotel by a gentleman introducing himself as the Earl
of Latham.Chan, noting his cufflinks are marked "PR," states that his real name
is Philip Royce, an actor who Chan recalled seeing on stage a few years before.Mr.
Royce has come to Chan seeking his help to protect his daughter, Barbara, from whom he has been distant for years, from a
swindler named Johnny Douglas who preys on young, wealthy women.He states that
he learned of Douglas
from a woman named Claire Harris.

It turns
out that Johnny is actually a partner in crime with Claire.It is she who sets
up women for Johnny to then take advantage of with the pair splitting the take in each swindle.In this case, however, Johnny has actually fallen for his intended victim and wants to end his relationship
with Claire.Miss Harris states in no uncertain terms that if she can't have
Johnny, no one will.Arriving at Claire's apartment, Chan with son, Barry, questions
Claire about Johnny.After admitting to Chan that she and Johnny had had a shady
dealing with another young woman, Chan, satisfied with the information gained, departs.

Royce pays
a visit to his daughter, Barbara, apologizing for not having been a good parent.Trying
to warn her about Johnny, Barbara is angered, asking her father to leave.At
his hotel, Chan receives a telephone call from Royce who tells him that he has arranged to have Johnny meet him that night
at his apartment.As Chan warns him against this idea, there is a knock at Royce's
door.Setting down the telephone receiver, he sees who it is.On his end of the line, Chan hears Royce speaking with Douglas and then
a gunshot sounds.Later, at Royce's apartment Inspector Duff states his belief
to Chan that the case is open and shut, ordering the arrest of Douglas for Royce's murder.Chan, however, is not convinced, feeling that the window of Royce's fourth-floor apartment
and a water tank below have played a role in the mystery, perhaps an avenue of escape for the killer.

Douglas visits Barbara who is visibly colder toward Johnny.Chan
and Duff suddenly arrive with the news of her father's murder.Barbara, faced
with the circumstantial evidence before her, believes that Johnny is guilty, despite Douglas'
emotional denial.At Scotland Yard, Johnny is questioned by Inspector Duff.Claire is brought in as well for questioning, denying Johnny's claim that he had visited
her at about the same time as the murder occurred.An angered and betrayed Johnny
lunges for Claire, but he is stopped and taken away.Duff, asking Chan if he
is convinced yet as to Johnny's guilt, states that he is convinced only that "with woman like Claire for friend, he has no
need for enemy."

Back at
their hotel room, Barry comes to the realization that it was actually Claire who shot Mr. Royce, then hoping to frame Johnny
for the crime.She must have used a tape recorder, he feels, to produce Johnny's
voice during the murder.Barry then hatches a plan to seek evidence at Claire's
apartment, involving the use of two bottles of champagne to gain entrance to her apartment.Chan warns his eager son that "bubbly champagne very, very sneaky."Later,
at Claire's apartment, a dead drunk Barry passes out, having fallen far short of his goal.

CONCLUSION

The next
day, Chan and a hung over Barry await the arrival of Inspector Duff at Royce's apartment.Duff arrives and states that witnesses did, indeed, hear a splash of water following the sound of the gunshot, thus
proving Chan’s theory that the killer could have escaped through the window and into the small water tank below.Questioning Barbara Royce, Chan reveals that her father had actually shot himself
in such a way as to make it look as if Johnny had killed him, hoping in this way to protect her from Douglas.Royce had attached a weight connected to his gun by a cord.Using his acting skills and feigning an argument with Johnny, Royce shot himself, his lifeless fingers
releasing the weapon with the attached weight pulling the gun across the room, out through the window and onto the water tank
below.In reality, the "killer" of Royce – the gun - had indeed escaped
through the window.

CHARLIE CHAN'S APHORISMS:

Very wise man said, "Story
of nature much more important than study of fingerprints."

Role of father very difficult to play without great preparation.

Sometimes, cracked boat, when in middle of river, is too late to stop leak.

To learn what is good, thousand days are not enough. To learn what is evil, one hour
is more than enough.

If you are not sailor, do not use boat hook.

After death, man gives up everything he holds.

No actor, no matter how great, should ever try to play the part of destiny.

Episode 12: Death at High Tide

Copyright Television Productions of America, Inc. 1957

Distributed by: Television Programs of America, Inc.

in association with Incorporated Television
Programme Company, Ltd.

RCA Sound Recording

Running Time: 26 minutes

"Made on Location in England"

Based upon characters as created by Earl Der [sic] Biggers

First aired: May 6, 1958 (UK)

Executive Producer: Leon Fromkess

Producer: Rudolph Flothow

Associate Producer: Herman Blaser

Director: Leslie Arliss

Assistant Director: David Tomblin

Production Manager: Aida Young Teleplay: Lee
Erwin

Original Story: Kenneth Enochs

Director of Photography: Kenneth Talbot

Film Editor: Derek Hyde Chambers

Story Editor: Jerry Sackheim

Art Director: Harry White

Makeup: Colin Garde

Sound Supervisor: Fred Turtle

CAST:

J. Carrol Naish: Charlie Chan

James Hong: Barry ChanIvan Craig: Henri Mazarac

Victor Beaumont: Karl Bretner

Peter Dyneley: John Robey

Lisa Daniely: Marie Mazarac

Thomas Gallagher: Jacob Brun

Henry Vidon: Inspector Darnet

Leslie Weston: Wells

LOCATIONS:

London, England and Arcachon, France (First title reads: "London." Second
title reads: "Arcachon near Bordeaux")

PROBABLE DURATION:

3 days.

SUMMARY:

Karl Bretner,
a prisoner at a war criminals camp in Germany, is aided in his escape.In London, Chan, with son, Barry, meet
with Mr. Wells, the head of a large insurance brokerage firm.The news of Bretner's
escape may prove to be of use to his company which, during the war, had insured a ship that was carrying ten million dollars
worth of gold bullion which was sunk by Bretner.As Bretner would be the only
one who would know the location of the sunken ship, Wells asks Chan to find Bretner so that the missing gold can be recovered.To this end, working on a hunch, Wells sends Chan to the small coastal French town
of Arcachon near Bordeaux to
meet a man named Henri Marzac.

In
France, Chan and Barry meet with Marzac
at his seaside inn.Henri recounts how he has unsuccessfully tried to help Wells
locate the sunken vessel.An experienced diver, Marzac, who is very familiar
with the region where the ship was reportedly sunk states that if he could not find the ship, how could an escaped Nazi?Even though Bretner destroyed his log which contained the location of the ship, Chan
suggests that Bretner's memory may contain the secret of its location.John Robey,
the only survivor of the sunken vessel was pulled from the sea and nursed back to health by Henri and his wife, Marie.Marzac notes that even with Robey’s help, the ship will not be found.Chan and Barry stay at the inn to await the arrival of Bretner.Henri
warns that Marie, who hates all Nazis because they killed her parents during the war, may not be able to contain her hatred
toward Bretner to the point of doing him harm.

Late that
night, Chan is awakened by the sounds of Bretner's arrival downstairs.Bretner
is accompanied by John Robey who believes that between the two of them there will be enough information to find the sunken
ship and the gold within.Henri is offered a cut of the expected profits, but
Marie vehemently refuses, her hatred for Bretner being very obvious.When Chan
and Barry arrive downstairs, John introduces Bretner as his chauffeur, in order to keep the detective in the dark.Not fooled by the deception, Chan turns in for the night while Barry goes to the kitchen for a midnight
snack.Suddenly, Barry is attacked from behind by an unknown assailant.

The next
morning, Barry recovers from the blow to his head while Henri admits to Chan that the many they saw last night was Bretner,
although he does not know where he is now.Henri tells how Bretner has stolen
the boat, leaving John behind, and that John is now searching for him.Henri
fears that if John finds Bretner bloodshed could result.Soon, a man named Jacob
Brun enters the inn.He was a guard at the prison where Bretner was held and
is seeking Bretner who, after receiving many favors from Brun,had blackmailed
him into helping him escape.Together he, Chan, Barry, and Henri set out to search
for Bretner.

On the beach,
Chan finds the body of Bretner with a gold bar still clutched in his lifeless hand.At the inn, Darnet, an police inspector, states his belief that it was Robey who killed Bretner, taking all of the
gold for himself, noting that he has ordered a land and sea search for the American.After Darnet leaves, Barry suggests that Brun would have had a motive to kill Bretner.Bretner admits that he would have killed Bretner had he found him first, as Bretner had killed Brun's father at Dachau during the war.Chan
feels that the murder of Bretman pointed too obviously toward Robey.Barry adds
that the gold bar found with Bretner had obviously been out of sea water for a long time due to its particular discoloration.A proud father concurs.

CONCLUSION

Late that
night, Chan catches Brun in the wine cellar of the inn looking for the missing gold.Sending Brun away, he finds Robey bound and gagged.Upstairs, Henri finds
Chan who informs the innkeeper that Bretner died in the inn of a broken neck.Also,
Bretner's clothing was soaked not by salt water but from the night before his body was found.Pressing Marie, she admits that Bretner died from an accidental fall down the cellar stairs, but Chan suggests that
she had helped him fall to his death.Also, Chan accuses Henri of planning to
kill his friend Robey.This is verified by the American who appears from the
cellar, subduing Henri who had just struggled with Chan.Later, Chan takes Barry
down to the wine cellar where he shows his son how the missing gold was hidden inside the wine barrels.

CHARLIE CHAN'S APHORISMS:

Uninvited guest should
always remain unobtrusive.

Dullness part of policemen's life.

Nature always most interesting.

Hungry man never quarrels with cook.

It is said, "He who has patience to wait will catch small fish if not large."

A time to fish and a time to dry nets.

Have acquired many eccentricities over passing years; one in particular - I never answer questions
at point of gun.

Episode 20: The Noble Art of Murder

Copyright Television Productions of America, Inc. 1957

Distributed by: Television Programs of America, Inc.

RCA Sound Recording

Running Time: 26 minutes

"Made on Location in England"

Based upon characters as created by Earl Der [sic] Biggers First
aired: March 12, 1958 (UK)

Executive Producer: Leon Fromkess

Producer: Rudolph C. Flothow

Associate Producer: Herman Blaser

Director: Charles Bennett

Production Manager: Aida Young Assistant Director: David Tomblin

Teleplay: John Butler

Director of Photography: W. Suschitzky

Film Editor: Derek Hyde Chambers

Story Editor: Jerry Sackheim

Art Director: Harry White

Makeup: Colin Garde

Sound Supervisor: Fred Turtle

CAST:

J. Carrol Naish: Charlie Chan

James Hong: Barry ChanMary Kerridge: Madame Dubois

Ferdie Mayne: Georges Larue

Andre Maranne: Jacques Flaubert

Teresa Thome: Mary Warner

Malou Pantera: Odette Dubois

LOCATION:

Brussels, Belgium (Title reads: "Brussels")

DURATION:

2 days.

SUMMARY:

In Brussels,
Belgium, Barry Chan participates in a French sabot boxing match.After Barry knocks out his opponent, Henri Bergette, it is announced that the downed
fighter is dead.The police are called and Inspector Pierre Renal, an old friend
of Charlie Chan, arrives.Later, with Chan present, Renal begins the investigation.Soon, Madame Dubois and her daughter, Henri’s fiancé, Odette, arrive at the
gym, joining Georges Larue, Madame Dubois’ brother and owner of the gym.George
comforts his niece, and Inspector Renal allows Barry to leave with his father, adding that he must remain in Brussells until
the investigation is complete.

At a street
café, Barry tells his father his belief that Henri did not die as a result of their match.Barry had, after returning to the gym after his shower, had noticed that Henri’s body was in a different location
than where he had left him following his being knocked out.Barry speculates
that someone must have murdered Henri during his absence.When Chan asks if there
had been any witnesses, Barry notes that a group of tourists had visited the gym and had witnessed the sabot match.

Chan and
Barry locate the office of the tour guide, Jacques Flaubert.While he is being
questioned, Mary Warner, one of the group of tourists who had taken a number of photographs during Barry’s match at
the gym, suddenly arrives for her planned dinner date with Flaubert. Among her
developed photographs, Chan and Barry find a number of them showing his sabot match with Henri.Later hat night, Barry slips into the gym seeking clues to clear himself by returning to the scene of the
crime.Caught inside the gym by Inspector Larue and Georges, thus bringing even
more suspicion on himself, Barry is arrested.

Visiting
Barry at the city jail, Chan tells his son that Henri died of a skull fracture.Barry
thinks that Inspector Renal is more interested in helping Odette than anything else in this case as he had once been engaged
to her.Barry admits to Chan that, in a moment of anger during their match, he
had made what could haven been deemed a threat against Henri, something that had been noted by three witnesses: Georges, Jacques
Flaubert, and Mary Warner.When asked by his father if there was any friction
between Georges and Henri, Barry mentions the fact that Georges had not wanted his niece to marry Henri, but were on decent
terms otherwise.Inspector Renal informs Chan that Barry may leave the jail as
Chan has posted adequate bail.

Later, Chan
and Barry visit Odette and her mother.When asked about her brother Georges’
anger toward Henri, Madame Dubois recounts how she had given her daughters’ fiancé a large dowry.Henri had expressed his desire to use the money to invest in a gym in Antwerp,
but while he was on his way there, had been robbed of the money.Henri, who had
wanted to use his sister’s money to invest in his own gym.

Back at
their hotel room, Chan and Barry analyze the series of pictures taken by Mary Warner at the sabot match, as well as a photo
taken by a newspaper photographer later.Chan notes that, besides the fact that
Henri’s body had obviously moved from the ring to another location in the gym, a set if Indian clubs on the wall had
also been altered from one picture to the later newspaper image.From this evidence,
Charlie Chan informs Barry that he has not only determined the murder weapon but the identity of the murderer as well.

CONCLUSION

Returning
to the gym, Chan and Barry, with Georges in tow, search for the missing murder weapon.In Henri’s locker, Chan finds a gambling receipt from a Monte Carlo casino.It seems that Henri had probably gambled away Madame Dubois’ money.Next, finding the Indian club, Chan tells Barry to contact Inspector Renal, as the fingerprints will prove
the identity of the killer.Georges makes a desperate move, but he is stopped
by Barry who uses sabot moves to subdue him.Madame Dubois and Odette now arrive
with Inspector Renal at the request of Charlie Chan.Chan reveals that although
Georges was involved, it was actually his sister, Madame Dubois who had clubbed Henri to death, feeling him to be unworthy
of her daughter, Odette.After Barry had hurried to the shower after knocking
out Henri, Georges, the referee of the match, announced that Henri was dead.With
the gym hurriedly cleared of visitors, Madame Dubois attacked Henri from behind as he revived and stumbled from the ring.

OF NOTE:

Charlie Chan: "So, retired Honolulu detective asks himself question."

CHARLIE CHAN'S APHORISMS:

No words can express adequate
sympathy for loss of a loved one.

Self-reproach does not solve problems.

Old saying: "Words in jest often lead to misunderstanding."

Impatience sometimes is like large stone in pants - weight can trip you up.

Episode 27: The Airport Murder Case

Copyright Television Productions of America, Inc. 1957

Distributed by: Television Programs of America, Inc.

RCA Sound Recording

Running Time: 26 minutes

"Made on Location in England"

Based upon characters as created by Earl Der [sic] Biggers First
aired: December 28, 1957 (UK)

Executive Producer: Leon Fromkess

Producer: Rudolph C. Flothow

Associate Producer: Herman Blaser

Director: Don Chaffey

Production Manager: Aida Young Assistant Director: David Tomblin

Teleplay: Jerry Sackheim and Stuart Jerome

Original Story: Brock Williams

Director of Photography: W. Suschitzky

Film Editor: Inman Hunter

Story Editor: Jerry Sackheim

Art Director: Harry White

Makeup: Colin Garde

Sound Supervisor: Fred Turtle

CAST:

J. Carrol Naish: Charlie Chan

James Hong: Barry ChanRaymond Young: Dino Rienzi

Arthur Gomez: Inspector Galvani

Kay Callard: Carlo Vane (?)

Gene Anderson

Alex Scott

LOCATION:

Rome, Italy (Title reads: "Rome")

DURATION:

2 days.

SUMMARY:

Joan Marsh is shot dead upon arrival at a Rome railway station. Charlie
Chan and Number One Son, Barry, are on vacation in that city, and Dino Rienzi, a friend of Joan's, calls on the detective
to take on the case. Chan telephones Inspector Galvani, an old friend of his who is currently working on an espionage case
of national importance involving a nuclear reactor project. Chan explains that it will not be he but his son, Barry,
who will pay a visit regarding the murdered woman.

Later, Chan visits a nightclub where Joan worked as a singer. There, he
speaks with Marta Ricci who relates gossip she has heard about Dino Rienzi having left Joan for a wealthy American widow named
Carol Vane. Meanwhile, at Dino's apartment, Inspector Galvani finds a gun which later proves to be the weapon which
killed Joan Marsh. Chan notes, however, that "obvious answer is not always solution to crime."

CONCLUSION:

Late that night, Chan ans Barry observe the nightclub after closing time.
Chan catches Marta and her assistant, Alfredo, in the act of sending out messages about the government reactor project based
on information that has been passed to them. He discovers that Joan was murdered because she had caught on
to the scheme and had blackmailed Marta in return for remaining quiet.

CHARLIE CHAN'S APHORISMS:

As Mr. Barnum once said,
'When buying calf for sideshow, two heads better than one.'"

I must confide old detective saying: "When client wants trap set for another, sometimes gets
caught by same himself."

Very sedate - like nuclear explosion.

In murder investigation, everything is grist to detective's mill.Many marriages are not necessarily
made in heaven.